gonads
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Valenzuela's group is already at work on creating organoids from turtle gonads, to further investigate the underlying causes of sex determination.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
If this doesn't happen, the gonads default to become ovaries.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
Currently, transgender people who want to have their biologically assigned gender changed on family registries and other official documents must be diagnosed as having Gender Identity Disorder and undergo an operation to remove their gonads.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Some even retain their stomach contents and gonads.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Obviously, then, there is little basis for the hope or belief that the gonads of any organism are shielded from chemicals in the environment.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
